Our last full day in Sweden and we decided again to use the City bikes, firstly to cycle to the, apparently, little visited island of Riddarsholmen where we were promised a lovely church Riddarsholmskyrchan and lots of handsome administrative buildings. We were not disappointed. It was very quiet which is really surprising since it is accessed directly from Gamla Stan which is the most visited island in Stockholm
Crossing back to the district of Noormalm, we cycled eastwards along the waterfront and past the Town Hall which features in the background of the above photo. Then back towards Ostermalm, through the Kungstradgarden park and parked our bikes at the cycle rack on Birger Jarlsgartan - no problems this time. We visited the Ostermalm's Market Hall which is in temporary accommodation whilst the historic and lovely original market hall is being renovated. As we expected all of the produce looked wonderfully fresh and appealing. A stroll back down to the waterfront and the LLW declared it was time for an ice cream before we walked back to our hotel.
This afternoon, we have booked a cruise around the island of Stockholm and as we walked towards the jetty we were hoping that the boat would be cool because the sun was fierce and it was very hot. We decided to sit inside by open windows and this was a great decision since a good breeze was created and we were kept cool whilst I'm sure some of those who sat outside would be frazzled.
Great views across all of the islands and a useful audio commentary highlighted many of the important buildings around the city. We even passed through a huge lock into the fresh water lakes
We both agreed it was a good boat trip and showed us a lot more of the city. Back then to the hotel for dinner and then settle down to watch the Champions League final.
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